Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our Supporters, Members and Friends! Thank you for all your wonderful contributions to Lives of the First World War over the past year, and for helping us to remember the toil and sacrifice of men and women from across the British Empire and Commonwealth.
We need your help in 2017 to build the permanent digital memorial even further, so please continue to share your stories and images with us. Next year is the UK-India Year of Culture and we are keen to highlight First World War stories of Indian servicemen and women and civilians. In addition we will be marking 100 years since key moments and events of 1917, which include the following:
January – March
- Silvertown Factory explosion
- Women’s Land Army created
- National (later Imperial) War Museum founded
Women’s Land Army poster.
Art.IWM PST 5996
April – June
- Battle of Arras
- First daylight Gotha bomber raids on Britain
- Battle of Messines
Mourning card for those who died in a bombing raid on 13 June 1917.
IWM EPH 1280
July – September
- Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps officially established
- Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)
- Continuing conflict in the Middle East
Third Battle of Ypres.
IWM Q 5938
October – December
- End of the Third Battle of Ypres
- Battle of Cambrai
- Women’s Royal Naval Service created
Training for the Battle of Cambrai, October 1917.
IWM Q 6297
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